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Pre-Season Game #1: Kings-Blazers Recap

Well, it’s pretty difficult to recap a game that I didn’t see. I was able to listen to the Kings 98-86 loss to the Portland Trailblazers on the old-fashioned radio but without actually getting to see the action, I really couldn’t tell you what actually happened.

Here are the highlights from NBA.com before I attempt to break down a game that is unbreak-downable:

It’s good to see the highlight lay-ups from Tyreke Evans. I feel like he’ll fill up the majority of the game highlights this year with at least one or two of those every night.

Instead of trying to turn this box score into words, I figured I’d take another approach. It doesn’t really matter if the team wins or loses in pre-seasons. All that matters is finding the players that are improving and belonging on the floor in whatever combination works. So I thought I’d chart all 16 different lineups that the Kings used during this game. Well, technically it was 17 different lineups but one of them only lasted a couple of seconds when Sean May fouled out of the game.

Here are the different combinations from the game with their respective stats:

From Jason Thompson (@JTtheKid): “On the bus. Headed bac to Sac. Got another game vs Portland at Arco tomm night. It was good to get bac on the court n get my feet wet :)”

From Sean May (@BigMay42): “just finished the 1st pre season game.. it was good to get out there aginst somone else. we did some good things. gatta clean some things up that’s what the pre season is for. I’m excited about the direction of our team!”

From Jon Brockman (@MrJonBrockman): “First nba game in the books. You have no idea just how nervous I was!”

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